Sandwich Islands
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1. Sandwich Islands - Noun
2. Sandwich Islands - Proper noun
Meaning
a group of volcanic and coral islands in the central Pacific
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It is a remote and inhospitable collection of islands, consisting of South Georgia and a chain of smaller islands known as the South Sandwich Islands.
Argentina continues to claim sovereignty over South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
For some postal services the sale of stamps to collectors who will never use them is a significant source of revenue; for example, stamps from Tokelau, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, Tristan da Cunha, Niuafo´ou and many others.
A few days later, a group of Mormons led by Samuel Brannan, a printer from New York, arrived aboard a chartered vessel, the Brooklyn, on which they had traveled around the Horn and over to the Sandwich Islands.
He called on the UK Government to create a complete no-take zone around the South Sandwich Islands to protect them from fishing, and he also wants increased environmental protection for the waters around South Georgia.
It has a total land area of convert, including satellite islands (but excluding the South Sandwich Islands which form a separate island group).